We next find Jesus appearing to his disciples. They had been talking about what had happened so far, when all of a sudden he was in their midst. He said to them, "Peace be with you." They were startled and afraid and thought that Jesus was actually a ghost. But Jesus seems to have little patience for their doubt. He said, "Why are you troubled. Why do doubts rise in your minds? Look at my hands and feet. It is I myself. Touch me and see; a ghost does not have flesh and bone as you see I have."
He showed them his hands and feet but they still were having a hard time with it. Yet at the same time, they were amazed. He again told them what he had been trying to tell them all along. That everything that had been written about him from the time of Moses forward, had to be fulfilled. "The Messiah will suffer and then rise on the third day and repentance for the forgiveness of sins will be preached in his name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these things. I am going to send you what my Father has promised, but stay in the city until you have been clothed with power on high."At last, they had gotten it because Jesus had opened up their mind so that they could understand.
Today's reference: Luke 24: 36-49
April 16,2019 Easter Reading: We love because he first loved us.1 John 4:19
Thanks for coming by Friends. Love didn't just happen. It happened because God first loved us and gave up his Son for the purpose of showing us that love. May we be forever thankful!
Jesus had a coming out party of source. A coming out of the grave. He visited many people after that to share the good news with. Who else might that be? Come back tomorrow for Mark's gospel account of who they were. Until then, be blessed!
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